A Topic of Moral Theology
The Permanence of Virtues After This Life
The Permanence of Virtues After This Life, as treated in Wouters (Section V. On the Permanence of Virtues After This Life).
Also asked about as…
do virtues remain after death · virtues in heaven (ed.)
In the index as Virtue · The blessed · Duration · Gift · Infused virtues
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. III, Diss. I, Pt. I, Section V. On the Permanence of Virtues After This Life, nn. ¶1, 344, 345 & 346 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tract VI. On Virtues In Ge…, Ch. II, Art. II, § 4. On the duration of virtues, n. 471 — 471. Moral virtues endure after this life as to their formal element, but not as to their material element. It suffices to bring forward what St. Thomas has on this matter: "In virtues of this kind there is something for… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Second Part: On Habits Acc…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article IV: On the Duration of Virtues, nn. ¶1, 612 & 613 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Habits and Vi…, Third Part: On Habits Acco…, Question Four: On the Prop…, Article IV: On the Duration of Infused Habits, nn. ¶1, 654 & 655 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Virtue in General — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Spirago · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)